Category: Tips & Features

Beyond the Ball: Learn to Launch Lemons, Pom Poms, and Other Creative Cargo

Ready to turn coding into a hands-on launching adventure? Here are three fun “projectile labs” that blend screen-time logic with real-world physics. In Citrus Splash, learners code single-shot launches of plastic lemons into targets of varying size and distance; Pom-Pom Precision challenges them to sequence launches and pauses for silent soft-ball tosses; and in Cork […]

Dash Goes to the Zoo

In this Free Resource Friday blog post, we take you and your students on an adventure at the zoo where code makes every creature come alive! With Dash by their side, your students will explore animal science, language arts, and block-based programming all in one wild adventure. From researching animal behaviors for a Robot Petting […]

Build a Burger with Gripper Building Kit

Stack Up the Fun: A Burger-Building Coding Challenge with Dash! 🍔 We’re celebrating International Burger Day the Wonder Workshop way—with robots, code, and a side of STEM! Looking for a classroom activity that’s equal parts coding and creativity? This “Build a Burger” lesson is the perfect recipe! Using Dash and the Gripper Building Kit, your […]

Make It A Summer of Wonder

Summer is just about here, but that’s no reason for the STEM learning to come to a halt. These activity packets are designed to engage students in critical and creative thinking, all summer long, even if they don’t own a Dash robot. That’s why we’ve included offline activities and summer reading recommendations in addition to […]

More Earth Day with Dash

Celebrate Earth Day by turning Dash into your class’s eco‑hero with these hands‑on coding challenges that bring recycling, plant power, clean‑up missions, the water cycle, and wildlife rescue to life. Each activity weaves environmental science and block‑based programming into a fun, meaningful experience for young learners. 1. Recycle Relay (Gripper Kit) Objective: Teach students about […]

Earth Day with Dash: 3 Free Lesson Plans

Get ready to roll into Earth Day with Dash. In this post, we present three lesson plans that combine environmental themes and robotics using Dash—giving your students a chance to learn about life cycles, seed dispersal, and weather patterns in a hands-on, interactive way. Plus, we’ll look at how some inspiring teachers on Instagram are […]

Eggs-cellent Fun with Dash Robot

As Easter approaches, why not hop into some egg-cellent fun with Wonder Workshop’s Dash robot? These three Easter-themed activities will have your students collaborating, coding, and celebrating springtime traditions in a hands-on, engaging way. Each activity encourages problem-solving, creativity, and teamwork—guaranteeing a memorable learning experience for all! Do the Egg Help Challenge!  In this challenge […]

Telling Time With Dash

Looking for a hands-on way to bring time-telling to life for your elementary school students? In this engaging lesson, your students will join forces with Dash to draw analog clocks on a whiteboard mat, depicting different times. Learners will practice telling time in hours, half-hours, and even minutes. Not only will they sharpen their time-telling […]

New NGSS Science Adventures: Blast Off with 20 K-5 Science Activities for Curious Coders

Blast Off with New Science Activities in Make Wonder Are you ready to take your students on an out-of-this-world learning journey? We’re thrilled to announce our brand-new NGSS-aligned Science Activities! These 20 interactive K-5 activities combine Earth & Space, Life, and Physical Science concepts with fundamental coding skills—like sequencing, loops, events, and conditionals—so kids can […]

Program Dash to Draw a Tree

Help Dash Draw the Shape of a Christmas Tree For this activity, you can either use the  Sketch Kit accessory with Dash or you can fashion your own harnass for a magic marker and get drawing. The downloadable PDF includes a link to a video of Dash drawing the tree as well as a Blockly […]